The International Year BookDodd, Mead, 1908 |
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Page 20
... Coal and iron are the principal mineral products . In the amount of coal produced Alabama ranked sixth in 1905 , though it held fifth place with regard to value . The maximum production was reached in 1907 , the estimated total being ...
... Coal and iron are the principal mineral products . In the amount of coal produced Alabama ranked sixth in 1905 , though it held fifth place with regard to value . The maximum production was reached in 1907 , the estimated total being ...
Page 21
... COAL ; GOLD ; PIG - IRON ; IRON - ORE ; SILVER . AGRICULTURE AND STOCK RAISING . The acreage and production of principal crops in 1907 , except cotton , were as follows : Corn , 2,961,000 acres , 45,896,000 bushels ; wheat , 89,000 ...
... COAL ; GOLD ; PIG - IRON ; IRON - ORE ; SILVER . AGRICULTURE AND STOCK RAISING . The acreage and production of principal crops in 1907 , except cotton , were as follows : Corn , 2,961,000 acres , 45,896,000 bushels ; wheat , 89,000 ...
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... Coal , Iron and Railroad Company , the largest coal and iron company in the State . This company had demonstrated the practicability and economy of the manufacture of steel from the low grade Southern ores , and the entrance of the ...
... Coal , Iron and Railroad Company , the largest coal and iron company in the State . This company had demonstrated the practicability and economy of the manufacture of steel from the low grade Southern ores , and the entrance of the ...
Page 24
... coal mining has been retarded by the restrictive features of the coal - land laws , which have pre- vented individuals from securing enough coal land to induce them to undertake development . There is some production of tin , gypsum ...
... coal mining has been retarded by the restrictive features of the coal - land laws , which have pre- vented individuals from securing enough coal land to induce them to undertake development . There is some production of tin , gypsum ...
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... coal are the principal imports , and coffee and rubber the principal ex- ports . The imports in 1906 amounted to 6,103 , - 478 milreis , and the exports to 4,574,633 milreis ( 1 milreis $ 1.08 ) . About half the imports are from Great ...
... coal are the principal imports , and coffee and rubber the principal ex- ports . The imports in 1906 amounted to 6,103 , - 478 milreis , and the exports to 4,574,633 milreis ( 1 milreis $ 1.08 ) . About half the imports are from Great ...
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Page 247 - ... resulting in whole or in part from the negligence of any of the officers, agents, or employees of such carrier, or by reason of any defect or insufficiency, due to its negligence, in its cars, engines, appliances, machinery, track, roadbed, works, boats, wharves, or other equipment.
Page 408 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota...
Page 408 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract, exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 271 - That it shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture within any territory or the District of Columbia any article of food or drug which is adulterated or misbranded within the meaning of this Act...
Page 383 - That whenever the President shall be satisfied that passports issued by any foreign Government to its citizens or subjects to go to any country other than the United States, or to any insular possession of the United States...
Page 378 - It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to employ any child under fourteen years of age in any business or service whatever, during any part of the term during which the public schools of the district in which the child resides are in session.
Page 205 - Cuba consents that the United States may exercise the right to intervene for the preservation of Cuban independence, the maintenance of a government adequate for the protection of life, property, and individual liberty...
Page 346 - That the Prime Ministers of the Colonies respectfully urge on His Majesty's Government the expediency of granting in the United Kingdom preferential treatment to the products and manufactures of the Colonies, either by exemption from or reduction of duties now or hereafter imposed.
Page 180 - Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50. and 100 francs. Silver: 5 francs. Gold: 5, 10. and 20 marks.
Page 389 - India and elsewhere, shall be subject to the control of the Secretary of State in Council, and no grant or appropriation of any part of such revenues...